Apparel garment



`:fune 12, 1928.

w. Kops APPAREL GARMENT Filed April 25, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR HIS ATTORN s June l2, 1928. 1,673,750

' w. KoPs APPAREL GARMENT Filed April 25, 1924 2 sheets-sheet 2.

Patented June 12, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALDEMAB XOPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO KOIS BROT-HIBS, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

.APPAREL GARNIER' T.

Application led April 25, 1924. Serial No. 708,855.

My presentinvention relates to an apparel garment and more particularly to that type of garment shown and described in Letters VPatent No. 1,431,744, granted October 10, 1922. Garments of this type comprise a bust member adapted to extend around the body to confine and su port the bust of the wearer and a hip, t igh and abdominal member also adapted to extend around the body to confine the thighs and to assist in supporting the abdomen. rl`he bust member moreover is preferably provided with a downward extension adapted to underlie the front portions of the hip, thigh and abdominal member to assist both the bust member and the hip, thigh and ab- 'dominal member in performing their intended functions. This type of garment furthermore is preferably made of material so as to be adapted for wear next to the body of the wearer to serve the purpose of a brassire, undervest and corset, and these garments are articularly adapted for use in all kinds of) athletic sports as they not only permit absolute freedom of the movements of the body of the wearer, but also afford the necessary or adequate support for the same.

Garments of the type as shown and described in the Letters Patent aforesaid have given general satisfaction in use, although certain difficulties and inconveniences have arisen not only in the manufacture of the article, but in the handling of the same from a sales standpoint. This is largely due to the fact that the parts of the garment as shown in the Letters Patent aforesaid are connected only by the shoulder straps forming parts thereof, making it necessary to place the parts of the garment in pre-arranged positions each time the same are handled in order to properly fold and maintain the garments with the parts thereof in proper positions for packing and otherwise handling the same. As will be understood this inconvenience involves an expenditure of time and labor which would otherwise be unnecessary in the manufacture and handling of these garments. The object of my present invention is to overcome these difficulties and in carrying out the same the garment made in accordance therewith com prises a bust member preferably having a depending extension, the bust member being adapted to extend around the body to confine and support the bust of the wearer, together with a hip, thigh and abdominal member also adapted to extend around the body to confine the thighs and to provide an adequate support for the abdomen. The bust member in the garment made in accordance with the present invention is preferably divided with the parts thereof secured to the hip, thigh and abdominal member so as to provide a denite relationship between the members of the garment in order to facilitate the handling of the same. Furthermore the bust member is provided with means for connecting the parts thereof preferably at the side of the wearer, and the hip, thigh and abdominal member is also provided with means for connecting the parts thereof preferably at the front of the wearer, as will be hereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a perspective View illustrating the use of thev garment made in accordance with the present invention, and

Fig. 2 is a plan of the same with the parts of the garment open so as to lie in a substantially flat condition.

Referring to the drawing the garment made in accordance with this invention includes a hip, thigh and abdominal member, together with a bust member, these parts being so connected as to be definitely associated with each other. The hip, thigh and abdominal member comprises a back portion made of a plurality of sections as illustrated, and these back sections of the hip, thigh and abdominal member include the upper sections 10 and 11 and 12 and 13 which are preferably connected to each other on curved lines which diverge downwardly from the upper central edge of the garment to the axillar lines thereof as indicated at 14 and l5 respectively. The back portion also includes intermediate back sections 16 and 17 and lower back sections 18 and 19, together with triangular insert members 20 and 21, all of these sections being suitably connected by lines of stitches and when united and in place on the body adapted to extend circumferentially from substantially one axillar line to the other, these axillar lines being indicated at 22 and 23. The hip, thigh and abdominal member also includes front sections 24 and 25. The front section 24 terminates in a front member 26 and the front section in a front member 27. The edge of the front member 26 is provided with a reinforcing stiip in which there is a series of eyelets` :'23 and similarly the front member :27 is provided with a reinforcing strip in which there is a cori'esponding series of eyelets 29. These eyelets are fitted with a suitablc'lace 30 which is threaded through the sinne and by which the hip, thigh and abdominal member may be adjusted to position on the body of the wearer. Also as indicated in the drawing the front members :6 and 27 may be provided with suitable stays 3l. Also as indicated in the drawing hose supporters 32'and 33 may be attached to the lower edge of the hip, thigh and abloininal member and preferably to the triangular insert sections 20 and 21 so as to depend therefrom and to be attached to the hose for supporting the same and exerting a downward tension in the back portion of this member of the garment. The various sections of this member of the garment may be formed and connected as illustrated or f otherwise and they may all be made of the same material or predetermined sections may be made of one material and other sections of another material without departing from the nature and spirit of the invention.

The bust member as hereinbefore stated is preferably divided. One portion of the bust member preferably includes a back section 34 and front sections 35 and 36. The back section 34 is connected at its rearward edge to the back member preferably along the same lines of stitching which connect the back sections 10 and 12. The front sections 35 and 36 are suitably connected to each other and the front section 35 connected to the back section 34. This bust member is completed by another section 37 corresponding to the back section 34 and secured in the other side of the garment preferably along the same lines of stitching 15 by which the back sections 11 and 13 of the hip, thigh and abdominal member are connected. As clearly illustrated in the drawing the back sections 34 and 37 of the bust member are of such a circumferential extent as to rea'ch apprel ciably forward of the axillar line of the garment. The edge of the front section 36 is fitted with a reinforcing strip in which there is connected a series of hooks 38 and the edge of the back section 37 is provided with a reinforcing strip in which there is a corresponding series of eyes 39 adapted to be engaged respectively by the hooks 38 in connecting the bust member in position on the The bust member also preferably includes a front extension comprising sections 40 and 41 which at their upper ends are connected to the lower edges of the front sections 36 and 35 and taper downwardly so as to terminate in straps 42 and 43 to the extremities of which suitable hose su porters 44 and 45 are secured, it being un erstood that when the garment is in position this front extension of the bust member underlies the front portion of the hip, thi h and abdominal member and that by the ose supporters 44 and 45 being connected to the hose to support the same there will be a downward tension exerted through this extension to the front sections of the bust member to maintain the same in position and to assist this member and the hip, thigh and abdominal member in performing their intended function.

As illustrated the garment is also provided with suitable shoulder straps 46 and 47, the former extendin portion of the back section 10 of the hip, thigh and abdominal member to the upper portion of the front section 35 of the bust member, while the latter extend from the upper portion of the section 11 of the hip, thigh and abdominal member to the upper portion of the front section 36 of the bust member.

In order to provide for an adjustability of the bust member the back section 37 may be provided with an additional series of eyelets 48 spaced similarly to the eyelets 39 but appreciably further from the ed e of this section. Obviously in effectin t e adjustment of the bust member the hoo s 38 ma be engaged with either series of eyelets. urthermore if necessary additional series of eyelets may be employed but ordinarily two series of these eyelets as illustrated will be sutlicient to provide all the adjustabiliy that is required in any given garment,

From the foregoing it will now be understood that in the garment constructed as herein shown and described the bust-member is secured to the hip, thigh and abdominal member in such a manner as to be positively connected thereto in order to provide a predetermined definite relationship between the parts of the garment at all times, that is to say whether the same are in use or not and this relationship between the parts of the garment materially assists in the handling of the same. In the garment as illustrated, the parts of the bust member are connected at the side of the wearer appreciably forward of the axillar line, altho h as will be understood this place and also t e manner of connecting the arts of this member of the garment may e varied to meet various circumstances in the use of the garment. As illustrated, however, in the use of the garment the same is placed around the body of the wearer and the parts of the bust member rst connected, then the arts of the hi thigh and abdominal mem er adjustab y connected over the downward extension of the bust member and then the hose supporters attached to the hose so that the garfrom the upper` ment may be readily secured in position and as readily removed and when in use the garment completely surrounds the body and eX- tends from the bust to the thighs of the wearer.

I claim as my invention:

l. An apparel garment comprising a hip, thigh and abdominal member adapted to eX- tend around the body to confine the hips and thighs and to support the abdomen and having a back sect-ion extension reaching above the waistline, means for adjustably connecting' the hip, thigh and abdominal member at the front thereof to position on the body of the wearer, a divided bust member also adapted to extend around the body to conline and support the bust, the upper edge of the bust member extending to the center of the back section extension and the extremities of the bust member permanently secured to the said back section extension entirely above the waistline whereby portions of the bust member underlie portions of the said back extension, an extension dependingfrom the fro-nt portion of the bust member and adapted to underlie the front portion of the hip, thigh and abdominal member, and means for connecting the parts of the bust member at one side of the body to secure the same in position thereon.

2. An apparel garment comprising a hip, thigh and abdominal member adapted to eX- tend around the body to confine the hips and thighs and to support the abdomen and having a back section extending above the waist line, means for adjustably connecting the hip, thigh and abdominal member at the front thereof to position on the body of the wearer, a divided bust member also adapted to extend around the body and to confine and support the bust, the upper edge of the bust member extending to the center of the back section extension and the back extremities of the bust member being permanently secured to the back section extension entirely above the waist line along downwardly diverging lines whereby portions of the bust member underlie portions of` the said back extension, and means for connecting the parts of the bust member at one side of the body to secure the same in position thereof.

Signed by me this 26th day of March, 199A.

WALDEMAR KOPS. 

